A 8:29 - The only good opportunity to live the holy lifeA 5:6 - As long as there is faith, a sense of shame...A 5:5 - Five things can be truthfully said about someone who disrobedM 26 - Searching for...a little bit more birth aging an death?A 1:16 - The greatest loss and the highest gainA 4:122, M 67 - Four Dangers for a SamanaS 4:21 - “We abandoned what takes time in order to pursue what is directly visible...”S 9:9 - Many are those who envy you...M 71 - There has never been a householder...A 2:65ff. - Two kinds of happinessM 13, M 54, M75, A 8:56 - Beware of the mass of dukkhaA 4:4, Iti. 109 - Go with the flow?S 56:35 - 300 SpearsS 15:10 - Already exited about what you will do after disrobing? Here Buddha says what you will really be busy with afterwardsS 56:42/43/46 - The Precipice/The Darkness/The great Conflagation S 15:20, D 17, A 7:70 - Aniccā vata Saṅkhārā...S 35:26 - Without fully understanding and knowing the All...S 22:30 - The arising and cessation of dukkhaS 35:20 - Seeking delight in dukkhaA 3:39 - IntoxicationsS 15:3/13 - The Ocean of blood and tearsM 82 - Arahat Raṭṭhapāla explains to a King why he choose the holy lifeThig. 448-521 - Sumedhā explains to her parents why she wants to live the holy lifeA 5:75/76 - Five types of warriors can be found in the worldA 7:47/48 - Feminine and masculine charms and how people get excited by themThig. 366-399 - Her eyes are so beautiful...are they?A 4:49/A 5:144 - Vipallassā A 8:17/18 - The tactics of sense-desire/”Love”M 45 - The soft and tender Māluva-CreeperA 2:6, S 12:53 - When someone dwells only on the gratification of things that fetter...Ud. 5:9 - The insects and the oil lampsS 22:99/100 - The chained dogA 4:37 - Not incapable of falling back yet? Develop these four thingsA 5:205/A 10:14 - CetokhilaA 10:123-127 - Not outside this Dhamma and VinayaS 56:39 - The cotton tuft and the iron pillarS 45:139, A 10:15, A 2:5 - DiligenceA 5:200, A6:13, Iti 72 - The Escape-RoutesS 35:238 - The four VipersS 20:10, M 105, M 122, Theg. 193/194 - Death in the noble ones discipline S 56:38 - The manifestation of great lightA 4:128 - When a Tathāgata arises in the world four wonderful things happen...D 2 - Is there any fruit of the life as Samana visible here and now?M 77 - Why the Buddha is honored by his disciplesA 6:30 - The six unsurpassable thingsA 8:19. – The simile of the ocean A 2:9 – Yes, it is possible!S 22:101 – The Adze handle/The shipA 5:32 – Aggato ve Pasannānaṁ...A 4:28 – The four noble lineagesA 8:39 – Giving immeasurable beings freedom from fear, hostility and oppressionA 5:128 – The five sufferings and joy of the Samana-LifeM 137 – Joy, grief and equanimity of the household and Samana-LifeA 10:59 – The spirit of monkhoodM 39/40 – Are you a Samana?A 8:2 – Eight conditions for wisdomA 8:80/79, A 6:14, Iti. 79 – Opportunities to be diligent and their enemiesUd. 2:10 – Bhaddiyo, the former KingS 13:1/S 55:1 – The Breakthrough/Better than sovereignty over the earthA 9:26 – The unshaken mindS 22:76 – Happy indeed are the Arahants!M 27 – The Elephant footprintM 12 – The Lions RoarS 22:78 – The LionS 12:22 – The ten PowersM 34 – The wise cowherdUd. 8: 1-4 - NibbānaM 59 – Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ...S 4:19 – There is no place for you there, evil one... A 4:23 – Why he is called “The Tathāgata”

Bhikkhu Hiriko - Ñāṇasuci

The experts do not say that one is a sage in this world because of view, or learning, or knowledge, Nanda. I call them sages who wander without association, without affliction, without desire.The Buddha, Sn.V.8.2 (1078)

There is one who, turning away from desire (for household life) takes to the life of the forest (i.e., of a monk). But after being freed from the household, he runs back to it. Behold that man! Though freed, he runs back to that very bondage!

Dhp. 344

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

My philosophy is simple: saying 'yes' to the positive and 'no' to the negative.